Czech amateurs produce epic shoot-out

AFP, PRAGUE: A Czech amateur regional league game on Friday ended up in one of the world’s longest-ever penalty shootouts with 52 spot-kicks, video footage of the game showed on Saturday.
Playing in the fifth tier of the Czech league system, SK Batov 1930 beat FC Frystak 22-21 on penalties following a 3-3 draw after 90 minutes. The longest shootout in a professional game registered in the Guinness World Records mentions 48 spot-kicks executed in the final of the 2005 Namibian Cup, in which KK Palace beat Civics 17-16 on penalties following a 2-2 draw.
In the game pitting teams from two small towns in the southeastern Czech Republic, Frystak had three chances to win the shootout at 4-4, 11-11 and 14-14, but each time their players failed.
In the 26th round, Batov midfielder Petr Janovsky scored while Frystak midfielder Jan Hrebacka sent the ball over the crossbar, earning a relieved applause from 148 spectators, one of whom could be heard saying “at last!”.

Czech amateurs produce epic shoot-out

AFP, PRAGUE: A Czech amateur regional league game on Friday ended up in one of the worlds longest-ever penalty shootouts with 52 spot-kicks, video footage of the game showed on Saturday. Playing in the fifth tier of the Czech league system, SK Batov 1930 beat FC Frystak 22-21 on penalties following a 3-3 draw after 90 minutes. The longest shootout in a professional game registered in the Guinness World Records mentions 48 spot-kicks executed in the final of the 2005 Namibian Cup, in which KK Palace beat Civics 17-16 on penalties following a 2-2 draw. In the game pitting teams from two small towns in the southeastern Czech Republic, Frystak had three chances to win the shootout at 4-4, 11-11 and 14-14, but each time their players failed. In the 26th round, Batov midfielder Petr Janovsky scored while Frystak midfielder Jan Hrebacka sent the ball over the crossbar, earning a relieved applause from 148 spectators, one of whom could be heard saying at last!.